Kaffe Fassett visit NQF

And then The Norwegian Quilt Associations 20th quilt meeting was over. It has been a very hectic weekend. My feet are sore, my back is hurting and I am so tired. With hard days work during the day to get everything in order, late nights to prepare for next day and a lot of walking from one task to another, no wonder my body hurts right now. But it was a successful meeting. Over 600 registrated members and I can guess over 600 daily visitors. I have a lot to show you but first................

My meeting with Kaffe Fassett and Brandon Mably.

They arrived Oslo thursday and I got the honor of meeting them at the airport. I was a bit nervous, but it was nothing to be afraid of. They were both so easy to talk to. So friendly and warm. Kaffe and Brandon have visited Norway earlier and they were thrilled to be back. And my impression was that they enjoyed this weekend with us. I even told Kaffe about my cat sitting on his quilts at my home. He laughed and said: "Cats always approves the best quilts".

Thursday evening the whole board had dinner with them.

Friday they had their first workshop where the ladies made bowties. It was so interesting to see how the progress on their quilts was.

Saturday Kaffe Fassett had a lecture for about 500 ladies. It was a great lecture and it was fun to hear how he is working on both his quilts and knitting. After the lecture he signed books. And as you see there was a lot of women that had brought their books to be signed.

Here is my friend Elisabeth sitting besides Kaffe to have her book signed. She is a huge fan of his work and have made several quilts inspired from his books.

I visited his workshop on sunday. It looked like the ladies had great fun playing with their fabrics and getting advice from Kaffe . I wish I could have joined the workshops, but since I'm in the board there are no time for us joining workshops. We have to organize the whole event, and believe me there are a lot of work to do.

And of course I had to have a photo of me togheter with Kaffe and Brandon. Behind us is some of the work from sundays workshops.
And of course I got my book signed from both Kaffe and Brandon. Can you see what Brandon wrote in my book. He called me Princess all weekend. I will treasure this book for ever. And start collecting Kaffes fabrics. I am so inspired now.

Saying for today:

A teacher takes a hand,
opens a mind,
and touches a heart.